Novak Djokovic and Dusan Lajovic will fight against each other in the quarter of the Srpska Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.094
Dusan Lajovic -> 7.2
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Dusan Lajovic
This will be the 3rd time that Novak Djokovic and Dusan Lajovic square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 6-0 6-1 in the 1st round in Monte Carlo back in 2018.
Novak Djokovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-9 | 15-5 | 16-3 | 1-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-7 | 27-1 | 12-3 | 11-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-7 | 2-1 | 14-4 | 19-2 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-7 | 19-3 | 18-3 | 11-1 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1 Djokovic reached the quarter after defeating Luca Van Assche 6-74 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Van Assche, The Serbian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-3 6-2). During the match, Djokovic scored 103 points vs Van Assche’s 80. The Serbian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Djokovic made 4 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Novak Djokovic was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (46/64) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Novak broke Van Assche 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Djokovic has an impressive record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (505-76). 2-1 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Djokovic has a compiled 129-26 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Adelaide where he defeated Sebastian Korda in the final 6-7(8) 7-6(3) 6-4 and at the Australian Open where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(5).
The Serbian has a compiled 17-2 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Banja Luka
Novak has never competed in this tournament before.
Dusan Lajovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 17-23 | 3-7 | 13-11 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 9-9 | 18-13 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-30 | 4-11 | 24-15 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-28 | 8-10 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 70, Lajovic got to the quarter after defeating Filip Krajinovic 6-2 4-6 6-4 and Gregoire Barrere 6-3 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Barrere (6-3 6-0). During the match Lajovic scored 65 points vs Barrere’s 37. Lajovic was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Lajovic blasted 4 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Dusan Lajovic was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lajovic broke Barrere 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dusan has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Serbian has an overall 14-10 win-loss record in 2023, 12-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 43 |
| Pts | 103-80 | 150-113 |
| Total Points | 183 | 263 |
| Winners | 46 | 66 |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% |
Djokovic played 1 match while Lajovic competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic surrendered 1 set, while Dusan Lajovic conceded 1 set. Djokovic has played 2 set(s) less than Lajovic (3 vs 5). Therefore, Djokovic played 13 games less than Lajovic. Djokovic scored 46 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Lajovic fired 66 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 64/79 | 93/128 |
| %1st in | 81% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 46/64 | 66/93 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 18/35 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 51% |
Djokovic made 4 aces . Lajovic made 8 aces (4 per match). Djokovic won 72% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Lajovic won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 10/19 |
| % Converted | 55% | 53% |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Djokovic broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Djokovic lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Serbian broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Dusan conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||
| R2 Van |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 103-80 | 103-80 | |
| Total points | 183 | 183 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 64/79 | 64/79 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 46/64 | 46/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Lajovic | ||||
| R1 Krajinovic |
R2 Barrere |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-4 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 15 | 43 | |
| pts | 85-76 | 65-37 | 150-113 | |
| Total points | 161 | 102 | 263 | |
| Winners | 40 | 26 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 40% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 57/79 | 36/49 | 93/128 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 40/57 | 26/36 | 66/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 72% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 8/13 | 18/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 62% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/10 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 4/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 80% | 130% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLW Tennis Scores in Banja Luka
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